3rd annual Fly Fishing with Amy helps cancer patients

DOVER — Amy's Treat, in partnership with Great Bay Trout Unlimited, held their 3rd annual Fly Fishing with Amy outing on Oct. 6 and 20.

This pairs cancer patients and their loved ones with volunteer guides from Great Bay Trout Unlimited for a memorable day of fun and solidarity on the Cocheco River.

Following casting instructions and an entomology lesson from NH Fish and Game, dozens of participants took to the water with their Great Bay Trout Unlimited guides and caught fish. All enjoyed a wonderful catered barbecue as part of the day's festivities.

The mission of Amy's Treat (www.amystreat.org) is to provide solutions to the day-to-day difficulties of living with cancer and offers unexpected treats to renew the spirit. Fly Fishing with Amy is an event that offers a cancer patient and those that care for them an enjoyable respite from their cancer battle.

Amy's Treat and Great Bay Trout Unlimited would like to thank the volunteer guides and participants as well as the sponsors who helped to make both days possible:

Amy's Treat is an all-volunteer 501c3 group working to provide aid and services to cancer patients and their caregivers from southern New Hampshire and eastern Maine that seek treatment at the Seacoast Cancer Center at Wentworth Douglass Hospital in Dover.

The mission of Great Bay Trout Unlimited is to conserve, protect and restore the region's trout and salmon fisheries and watersheds and to engage the public to appreciate the beauty and importance of our cold water resources.